History of the ported VW head? Styles that have come and went....
nicolas:
hey deano i can't wait to hear and see that engine running ;D ;D
Neil Davies:
Thank you Dean, I'd seen a couple of pictures of the heads before (Dave Andrews, Darrell 's white '67) but not with that level of detail. Seems like machining the head is the "easy" part but making and fitting the header is the trickier bit.
Are they a garage ornament, or are they destined to be fitted to something soon?
deano:
I never thought I would ever find a pair of those rare Fumio heads complete with exhaust, but they just came up for sale on FB. With those now in hand, I have been collecting all the other parts needed to build the complete engine, period correct 1972. So, I'm build a 2090cc, using an 84 Okrasa crank, knife-edged and wedgemated, Childs & Albert 5.7 rods, 89mm Mahle slipper skirt pistons and biral Empi cylinders, Engle VF-3 cam, Empi mag sump and pulley, Joe Hunt magneto with tach drive and Hunt timing ring, '72 universal case with 10mm studs, Empi 1.4 rockers, Empi valve covers, Empi cross-bar linkage, oil filter top mount, Nickerson oil pump and Accel wires. Pretty much the exact engine that Darrell Vittone ran back in 1972-era.
Sarge:
Nice, Dean!! I remember Fast Freddie's sand rail having those style heads years ago up until a tiny grain of sand stuck
a nitros valve open on one side of the motor... big explosion with major damage to lots of stuff.
deano:
Sarge, are you still in contact with "Fast" Freddie? If so, I would like to get in touch with him... Deano
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